Naticarius orientalis Moon snail

Naticarius orientalis wird umgangssprachlich als Orientalische Mondschnecke bezeichnet.

Rickard Zerpe, Schweden

Oriental moon snail (Naticarius orientalis), 2018

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lexID:: 9736
AphiaID:: 570176

Scientific:: Naticarius orientalis
German:: Orientalische Mondschnecke
English:: Moon Snail

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Naticarius (Genus) > orientalis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gmelin, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Australia, East Africa, Indo Pacific, Japan, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Philippines
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.79" - 1.46" (2cm - 3.7cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Carrion, Predatory, Snails
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Naticarius alapapilionis
Naticarius canrena
Farbenfrohe-Mondschnecke
Naticarius colliei
Naticarius concinnus
Naticarius excellens
Naticarius hebraeus
Hebräische Mondschnecke, Hebräische Nabelschnecke
Naticarius lineozonus
Naticarius manceli
Naticarius onca
China-Mondschnecke
Naticarius orientalis
Orientalische Mondschnecke
Naticarius pumilus
Naticarius stercusmuscarum
Naticarius zonalis

More related species in this lexicon:

Naticarius cayennensis
Mondschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-05-25 19:51:26
Last edit:: 2018-07-08 09:44:29

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Naticarius orientalis (Gmelin, 1791)

Naticarius orientalis,commonly known as moon snail, is a predatory sea snail.This sea snail is nocturnal. It can be found during the day in sandy bottom.

Like other moon snails Naticarius orientalis is a predator and feeds on b shelled molluscs.Naticarius orientalis bore a hole into the mollusc shell using its radula and a secretion.

Synonyms:
Cochlis explanata
Natica eburnea
Natica orientalis
Nerita orientalis

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticoidea (Superfamily) > Naticidae (Family) > Naticinae (Subfamily) > Naticarius (Genus) > Naticarius orientalis (Species)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Flickr Homepage Rickard Zerpe (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage Simone Tomazela (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Oriental moon snail (Naticarius orientalis), 2018

Foto: Labuanbajo, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesien

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